Knowbility Extends Early Deadline Discounts for The John Slatin
Access U Training Institute, Austin, TX - May 11-12, 2009
Two days of classes in accessible information technology to help
meet state and federal accessibility requirements.
In response to current economic conditions, the deadline for *Early Bird
discount registration rates for the John Slatin Access U training have
been extended indefinitely*. The announcement was made today by the
sponsoring organization, Knowbility, Inc.
*WHAT*: Offered since 2003, Access U provides one to three days of
comprehensive web and IT accessibility classes led by world renowned
accessibility and policy experts and administrators. The Institute
promotes a better understanding of both the need and the techniques for
inclusive IT design, with a focus on the most recent changes in federal
and global standards for Web Accessibility. Register now:
http://www.knowbility.org/conference/
*WHEN*: The John Slatin Access U will be held at St. Edward's University
in Austin, Texas on
Monday, May 11, and Tuesday, May 12, 2009, with Post-Conference sessions
on Wednesday, May 13.
*May 11th and 12th - Classes in four professional tracks*: Technical,
Content, Administrative, Usability New this year! -- Usability
certificate program is available.
*May 13th -- Intensive Courses: Molly Holzschlag and Derek Featherstone
in small venue*.
*3-Day Design Intensive -- May 11 -- 13, 2009* Molly Holzschlag, Web
standards advocate, instructor and author, offers three days of advanced
techniques in HTML/XHTML and CSS for accessibility, SEO, and superior
web site performance.
*Post Conference All-Day Sessions -- Wednesday, May 13, 2009* Derek
Featherstone: Breaking New Ground: Designing for Accessibility in
Emerging Technologies. Molly Holzschlag: CSS Floats, Positioning and
layout, best practices, cross--browser and interoperable design
solutions, and a look at some of CSS3's juicy features.
*WHY*: Web accessibility is important...and it's required by law.
Websites can be designed for accessibility or they can shut people out.
Four million Texans are among the more than 54 million people in the
U.S. who live with disabilities of all sorts, many of whom cannot fully
benefit from the Internet and the World Wide Web because too many Web
sites are designed with no thought of accessibility. Accessibility is
not only the right thing to do, but now there are federal, state and
local mandates requiring accessibility, and Access U is here to help IT
professionals and administrators meet those requirements.
*WHO*: Access U sponsors and partners include St. Edward's University,
Adobe, Ability Awareness and the Usability Professionals Association.
Knowbility, Inc. is the non-profit organization that produces Access U
and many other accessibility training programs.
*Contact*: Teenya Franklin
*Phone*: 512.305.0310
*Email*: teenya@knowbility.org <mailto:teenya@knowbility.org>
*Web*: www.knowbility.org
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